People should prepare to answer 33 questions ranging from house ownership to gas connections and other amenities as the first phase of Census 2027 begins in Uttar Pradesh with the self-enumeration exercise on Thursday.
During the house-listing and housing census process, enumerators will visit houses with 33 questions. The government has already notified the questions in January 2026. (REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE) The questions pertain to the material used in construction of the house, its ownership and the number of married couples living there and other subjects. Each question will have multiple options. For instance, the question on the floor material will have the options: mud, wood/ bamboo, burnt brick, stone, cement, mosaic/ tiles or any other material.
There will also be queries on whether the respondent is in a live-in relationship, the drinking water sources, lighting, toilets, whether the kitchen has an LPG or PNG connection, as well as assets owned by the family, including radio, transistor, TV, internet, laptop, computer, smartphone, scooter, motorcycle, car, SUV or MUV.
People will also have to give information about the main cereal consumed in the household.
The May 7-21 self-enumeration process will be followed by house-listing and housing census activities from May 22 to June 20.
During the house-listing and housing census process, enumerators will visit houses with 33 questions. The government has already notified the questions in January 2026.
Census 2027 is the first one to be conducted by digital means, replacing a paper survey with mobile-based data collection. Equipped with the HLO App, enumerators will visit each household to collect replies to queries.
After marking the house number, the enumerator will ask about the main material used in construction of the floor.
If the drawing room has a mosaic floor and other rooms have cement, the enumerator will mark cement as the main material. If the bathroom floor has cement and other rooms have mosaic, it will be marked as mosaic/ floor tiles. If granite and marble have been used in the flooring, it will be marked as stone.
The next question will be on the material used in the walls and options include grass, thatch, bamboo, plastic, polythene, mud, unburnt brick, wood, stone not packed with mortar, stone packed with mortar, GI, metal, asbestos sheets, burnt brick, concrete or other material.
The options for roofing materials include grass, thatch, bamboo, wood, mud, plastic, polythene, hand-made tiles, machine-made tiles, burnt bricks, stone, slate, metal, asbestos sheets, or concrete.
The enumerator will also ascertain if the house is used for residential purpose, as residence-cum-shop/office, school, college, hotel, lodge, guest house, hospital/dispensary, factory, workshop, workshed, place of worship, other non-residential purposes, or if the house is vacant.
Residential premises used as an old age home, hostel, boarding house, rescue home, lodge, ashram, guest house or leprosy home will be marked as institutional households.
Houses used as places of en
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